[citation needed] Winterborne Stickland is sited in a winterbourne valley in the Dorset Downs, which gives rise to the first part of its name.

[3] The Domesday book[4] records the canons of Coutances (St Mary), Normandy, as the tenant-in-chief in 1066 with no change by 1086, after the conquest.

In the Pimperne Hundred, the village had 12 villagers, 20 smallholders, 5 slaves, 9 ploughlands, 4 lord's plough teams, 4 men's plough teams, 3.75 lord's lands, pasture of 26 by 4 furlongs (5,200 by 800 metres), woodland of 5 by 4 furlongs (1,000 by 800 metres) and 1 mill valued at 12 shillings and 5 pence.

The tower is on the west end and is in two stages; it has diagonal buttresses, pinnacles and a parapet surrounded by battlements.

[citation needed] To the north of that is a small orchard of apple, pear and plum trees.

[7] There is an independently-owned pub in the centre of the village, The Crown, which was extensively restored by Ray and Tina Clayton in 1983.

[citation needed] The village used to have a post office which had a shop selling local food and other products.